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Mar 1, 2015
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byubyu
Correct, it does not. It matters who you play, who you beat, who you lose to.
Being in a conference with highly rated teams certainly affects all those factors, but by itself it is 100% meaningless.
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Over the last 10 yrs, 296 of 300 teams in top 30 Pomeroy ratings
Indy Coug
3/1/15 10:35am
Wow. You truly are a wealth of information Sea Chicken
TNT
3/1/15 10:36am
Who were the 4?
byubyu
3/1/15 10:37am
RE: Who were the 4?
Indy Coug
3/1/15 10:39am
None of those years had 68 teams - only the 1 extra bid (65)
nephicoug
3/1/15 10:44am
That is wrong. Wichita st in 2011. So it's actually 5 teams.
swishh_15
3/1/15 10:45am
They were 56th before the tourney
Indy Coug
3/1/15 10:47am
Yep, they won the NIT that year
nephicoug
3/1/15 10:49am
ah...I was looking at final rankings. Good call.
swishh_15
3/1/15 10:49am
Ohio State in 2005: rpi in the 50's, 2-8 road record, 6-12 vs top 100
byubyu
3/1/15 10:47am
Can't find OOC SOS for those teams but I'd be willing to
byubyu
3/1/15 10:52am
You'd probably also have to see how teams that made it
Indy Coug
3/1/15 10:53am
The key stat is that there are 3 more at-large bids now compared to then
nephicoug
3/1/15 11:32am
Lets get some more stats on this
CSoul
3/1/15 10:41am
after watching that gif I realize there are a lot of morons in the world.
HighHorse
3/1/15 10:58am
Wow - that kid should watch fewer super hero movies
PolarisPrime
3/1/15 11:32am
Call me impressed w/ 80% of his feat, & really depressed by the other 20%.
Mantis Mutu
3/1/15 11:58am
When watching clips like these
PolarisPrime
3/1/15 12:06pm
Years ago I felt guilty about laughing at them.
Mantis Mutu
3/1/15 12:57pm
Did you get over the guilt or the laughing?
PolarisPrime
3/1/15 9:09pm
Definitely the guilt!
Mantis Mutu
3/1/15 9:12pm
I guess there can be humor in someone winning a Darwin Award.
PolarisPrime
3/1/15 9:18pm
Especially when the WCC is the #9 RPI conference
whoneedscorners?
3/1/15 10:58am
Bids have never been awarded on a per conference basis.
byubyu
3/1/15 11:00am
So are you saying that conference RPI has not statistical relevance to the
whoneedscorners?
3/1/15 12:16pm
Correct, it does not. It matters who you play, who you beat, who you lose to.
byubyu
3/1/15 12:55pm
Huh? If it factors into "all of those other things"
whoneedscorners?
3/1/15 1:10pm
The selection team looks at what teams have done individually
byubyu
3/1/15 1:25pm
I have to assume those 4 losers were very lackluster in late Feb.
Mantis Mutu
3/1/15 12:00pm
it shouldn't count, but imo a bid will depend on wcc tourny performance
CougarBuddy
3/1/15 1:47pm
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